Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

Scope and Contents

This collection is a Nowell family “album” spanning the years from ca. 1880 to 1950. Family members and others are identified whenever possible. Papers form a separate collection, MS 181.

Scope and Contents

The subject matter of his photographs includes ethnic (Indians, Eskimos), portraits (mostly commercial but important historical personalities), scenic (including cities, towns, and military posts), and historical events.

Scope and Contents Records of the Nowell Gold Mining Company, 1897-1910; there are 1762 items. Letterpress copy books from 1897-1899, the letters of Thomas A. Nowell, primarily, concern mines in the Silver Bow Basin near Juneau, Alaska. Also, the company properties in the Berners Bay area of Alaska. There is also some correspondence of sons Frank and Arthur and records of a 1910 court case concerning the Berners Bay Mining and Milling Company. Son Frank Nowell was a stockholder and handled company business...

Scope and Contents

The Stanley Nowicka Photograph Collection, 1904-1918, includes 296 black and white photoprints in an album and one folder. Subjects include the Juneau, Douglas, Ketchikan, and Hoonah areas, Mendenhall glacier, Governor's mansion, Fourth of July speeches, mines, ships, the Nowicka brothers, and other snapshots.

Content Description

The glass plate negatives in this collection are from approximately 1907 to 1909. They feature Valdez, AK, a U.S. Deputy Surveyor named A. Judson Adams, Mount Drum, photographs taken inside stores and homes, Copper River Valley, Valdez covered in snow, Owl Drug Store, Dr. A.V. Gunther, Broadway Pharmacy, gold panning, and tents creating mining campsites.

Scope and Contents

Photographs, circa 1910. Possibly gillnetters associated with Libby, McNeill, and Libby cannery at Taku Harbor. Subjects include Taku Harbor (Alaska), Taku Glacier, gillnetters, Alaska fishing, fishing boats, setting nets, repairing boats, cannery workers, fish netting, fishermen and families.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs primarily of the Nome region during the 1920's, including Salmon Lake, located 50 miles from Nome. There are photographs of E. B. "Duffy" O'Connor and his family, and camp scenes near Salmon Lake, including reindeer and dog teams. There are also photos of the S.S. Victoria, Teddy Bear schooner, Nome harbor scenes, M.G.M. snow houses for the movie "Mala," and Natives butchering a walrus.

Scope and Contents A collection of public relations photographs taken during the first four gubernatorial terms after Alaska statehood, beginning in 1959 with William A. Egan and ending in 2006 at the conclusion of Frank H. Murkowski's last term in office. Also includes photographs of senators, representatives, and other local and national officials, activities and events that took place during this time.Box 1: Volumes 1 (Egan) Box 2: Volume 2 (Hickel) and Volume 3 (Miller) Box 3: Volumes 4...

Content Description Diary of trip to Alaska, April - August, 1946, with Ozzie Sweet, a friend and magazine photographer from Connecticut. They sought "real-Alaskan" stories and opinions on issues facing post-war Alaska for several magazines on a free-lance basis. The diary's purpose was to preserve notes for later writing. Recounts many interviews with people met during trip. In July, the two were joined by their wives, who contributed background notes to the manuscript. Ozzie Sweet's photography notes are at...

Scope and Contents

Photographs that record the installation and dedication of the Old Witch Pole in the State Office Building eighth-floor grand court